Responding to Dabakr.
I think the difference is that pro Israel zealots get furious about anything that’s even the tiniest bit critical of Israel, so they can’t see that the NYT is on their side.
The usual tactic is to report everything in a positive way for Israel but way down the article have a sentence that defies this. Thus the NYT can claim balance and Israel supporters get angry with them which they then spin as if they’re in the middle between the two sides, which is of course nonsense to anyone with eyes.

The democrats don’t need to keep the corrupt funding, they need to quit the habit. Hence movements like justice democrats who don’t take Lobby money, PAC money or billionaire money. They raise in small donations from ordinary people and therefore represent ordinary people

Agree with your conclusion but not how you get there.
It’s common parlance to ‘fight racism’ because to abolish racism is impossible. You can do it legally maybe but then there’s the problem that it still exists in society but people say there’s no problem with racism, we abolished it!

It’s an interesting one. I saw an interview with David Pakman and white nationalist Richard Spencer where the conversation was as follows (my paraphrase)
DP why do you want a white state, isn’t that racist?
RS I want the same thing Israel has but for white Americans
DP let’s move on because there’s other things I want to talk about

My inclination is to be annoyed by this. The fact that she made this move is pretty minimal. To go and pal around with bibi while Palestinians are getting their heads blown off in Gaza would have made her utterly revolting.
So she’s not utterly revolting but that’s not saying a lot. It also reminds me of those who’d happily love Bibi and Trump if only they could be polite , charming and have decorum while they bombed the innocent. People who get upset about trumps mean tweets but have nothing to say about his policy. People who long for an eloquent Obama to order the drone strikes or Herzog to manage the occupation with handwringing apologetics.
So that’s where she’s at and it’s a morally low place to be… BUT I have to remember that it’s a journey, she’s a pampered elite, maybe she’ll grow up and grow some morality in the process. I do credit her for having to deal with the relatives, that’s no easy thing. Time will tell if there’s any real substance to Portman.

Hi jack.
There is already ‘something better’. Jews live equally in the US UK and other European states. I will fight for their right to continue to do so. They will continue to fight against my right to live in Israel because I’m not Jewish. What’s wrong with this picture?
The idea of a Jewish state is racial hierarchy and ethnic purity. Simply racism.

I agree with the article, but I think more important than putting pressure on the Wolf Blitzers of the world is to pressure the new media (or at least equally important). Shows like Secular talk, the young Turks and the David Pakman show.
Of those three, Kyle Kulinsky of Secular Talk has become a lot better on Palestinian rights. His heart’s in the right place, I think he was just ignorant of the real situation previously. He’s now in favour of BDS but still calling for a twi state solution and unclear on the formation of Israel and the very racist nature of Zionism.
The young Turks are the same. Cenk is pretty good, but again not clear on the intrinsic racism of Israel, I believe he still thinks being a Jewish state can still somehow be a liberal idea.
David Pakman is terrible on this. He’s great in every other issue but blind to Israel. It must be pointed out to him again and again that what Richard Spencer and the alt-right want for the US is what Israel ‘is’ and has already done. He even had Spencer on his show who said he wanted a ‘white zionism’, Pakman changed the subject so fast!!
This is where the young millennials are getting their news and opinions not Wolf Blitzer

Utterly loony.
Do these people actually listen to the stuff they come out with!?!
So bored with arguments about saving the soul of Israel. It’s like worrying that a rapist will get their character damaged by committing the rape.
I don’t care about israels soul. I care about the Palestinians being denied human rights. That’s what matters. Everything is upside down with this lot